How to Care for (& Clean!) Antique Clothing
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2021
- Starting a vintage or antique clothing collection and wondering how to clean and/or care for it? Here are some of my best tips for keeping your special pieces in the best shape for many more years to come :)
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"I am stained, I am ripped, I am shattering" - today I learned I have things in common with antique garments. :D
SAAAAAAME! lol it's a mood
Thanks so much for this. I previously cleaned some quilt tops from the 60s using Restoration, and it was great. My next challenge is a wedding dress from 1949, but I think my skills will need to develop more before I tackle that. I'm so appreciative that you brought up the thing about metal fastenings. I totally would have forgotten that I ought to remove those.
So happy this was helpful! Best of luck with the 1949 gown :)
Thank you so much for this!
I will be scouting your channel to see if you put a tutorial on folding pieces with tissue paper, because I haven’t heard of that before! ❤
You rock!!
this video saved clueless me! Thank you so much for making this!!!!!
i recently bought an edwardian gown and this is needed. she’s a bit dusty, has a bunch of little holes on the skirt and the lace is just a goner, wish me luck 😭
What about dark or multi-colored gunnes? I've only cleaned my white and pastel ones and would love to know how to clean the dark ones.
Hey great videos! What about steaming clothes? And I have stains on my expensive vintage silk dress. I know you said you cannot clean it, but there is really no other way?
Vinegar!! Diluting vinegar with cold water then spot treating with it or putting the garment in cold water with the vinegar gets the stains out!!
Hello, I know putting them in plastic bags is a No No ! But how about plastic storage boxes? I while not put them in the sun, and they have little holes in it for the fabric to breath.
Is it safe for me to try washing my clothes from the 1950-60. I’m new to vintage clothes. Do you have any tips for restoring small moth holes in wool. The wool is from the 1960’s
Hey! It totally depends but most of the time yes it is safe! For moth holes I recommend learning how to darn holes - sometimes sewing them closed could work but the thread is usually a lot thinner than the wool yarn so it can be more conspicuous as opposed to darning. Hope this helps!
@@HelloVintage thank you so much for the advice, it’s very helpful
I was told white vinegar in a cold bath for 3 min. restores silk
I've heard this too! I'm hesitant to use this with antique silks because they were weighted with different types of salts, but it's definitely worth trying on post-1930s silk pieces :)
@@HelloVintage I have used on 1920s 30s undergarments,with successes,but soak only 3-5 minutes,lay flat .also I’ve had success with goop ( a hand cleanse used in automotive)for age spotting
@@adelaidemorningstar1870 That's great!! I'll definitely have to try those out. Thank you for the tips :)
I'm trying to whiten an antique nightgown. I don't know what fabric it is. Definitely not cotton or wool.
Ok you museum archival folks, a major textile problem. I have a 1930s-40s, red, Japanese kimono I had hanging because I love looking at it but unknown to me was a freshly placed glue trap to catch mice. Hold on.......my beautiful kimono somehow “fell” (my husband admits to nothing and hates my kimono collection) and some of the hem plopped into the thick glue trap and now has thick, sticky glue on it. I delicately removed the trap from the kimono but it still has thick glue that needs to be removed. I live in the D.C. area and was thinking to call someone at the Smithsonian but I don’t know whom to ask or where to start. Any suggestions?
What is the kimono made of? Silk? Cotton?
@@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim Silk. I think it’s a late 1930s early 1940s silk. I have forgotten much of my Japanese by it’s the last under kimono - Juban?
@@shychameleon Very cool! Thanks!
Haven't learned much about kimono yet, only know kimono vs yukata. :[]